Partners:

Technical University of Gabrovo

Name of the person involved in the event:

Milena Koleva, Adriana Tafrova, Milena Kirova, Hristo Kolev, Katiusha Stancheva, Maria Nikolova, etc.

Date of the event:

26 June 2013

Type of Dissemination event:

Conference or Fair

Description of Dissemination Event:

International Conference on Training Issues of Chemistry Teachers took place in Gabrovo on 26 June 2013. Organizer of the conference was Technical University of Gabrovo in close collaboration with Research Laboratory on Chemistry Education and History and Philosophy of Chemistry – Faculty of chemistry and pharmacy, Sofia University, and Aprilov National High School – Gabrovo which are associated partners of the University in the Project. Main topics of the conference were defined as: Policy for teacher professional development; Modern pedagogical approaches for student-centered teaching; Curriculum and assessment of advanced skills development; Teachers’ ICT competency; Implementation of ICT in teacher training; Good practices in teacher training. More than 60 participants from 11 European countries attended the Conference. Among them were representatives of Universities, Schools, educational and public authorities.

Target group:

Chemistry teachers, Experts, Policymakers, People interested in Chemistry education from Bulgaria and other European countries

Number of people reached by event:

hundreds

Held in:

Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Outcomes and Results:

The conference became a forum where the most important issues related to chemistry teachers competences and qualification as prerequisite to enhance the students interest in learning chemistry were discussed. 23 papers organised in the mentioned above thematic areas have been presented during the conference. All presented papers have been published in a book (Conference proceedings) by the Bulgarian publisher Kredo 3M. National policy, good experience and practical solutions in organization of chemistry teachers training in the 11 European countries were shared. Despite differences in educational systems the presentations of both foreign speakers and Bulgarian participants showed common problems also. Presented during the conference good practices in Chemistry teaching and use of ICT in classes prove that the science could be successfully incorporated in the lessons in attractive and amusing way so to make the complicated matter completely understandable and easy to learn by students.

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